The two have signed a triple-double this morning, the two are among the most in-form players at the end of the season and, unless the Clippers want to avoid it, only one will be able to aspire to have a direct place in the playoffs.
Domantas Sabonis and Luka Doncic are having one of the battles of the season in the NBA from a distance. Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks are now tied with the same balance of 42 wins and 29 losses that allows the Kings to occupy sixth place and would send the Mavericks to play in the play-in at this time. Yes, they would do it in the best possible position having the two possible playoffs at home, but with the Lakers or Warriors being there, no one is going to voluntarily participate in said competition. All this happens just 24 hours before a series marked in red starts for both teams: Dallas will visit Sacramento twice this morning and next day the 29th. The Kings start with a certain advantage because they already won the two games that were played in Dallas and by winning one of them they would take the particular tiebreaker, although the aspirations of either of the two at this moment is to make it 2-0 to prevent them from the direct rival adds.
With the permission of the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans and perhaps also the Celtics, despite the setback of this day, the Dallas Mavericks and Sacramento Kings are two of the most in-form teams in this final stretch. Dallas already has four consecutive victories and 8 in the last 10 games, after beating the Jazz with another triple-double of Luka Doncic with 29 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds. He was accompanied by Kyrie Irving with 27 points, Gafford was once again safe under the boards with 11 rebounds and 5 blocks and the Mavs continue to function like a well-oiled machine. Now will come the tough part of the schedule, since after the duels against the Kings, two duels against the Rockets and two against the Warriors await them, most of them away from Dallas.
Luka Doncic and his 19th triple-double this season.
🪄29 points
🪄13 assists
🪄12 reboundsEight wins in the last 9 games for Dallas. pic.twitter.com/ZyjodSI3QS
— NBASpain (@NBAspain) March 26, 2024
Domantas Sabonis He stole much of the spotlight this past morning, achieving his 54th consecutive double-double. It has surpassed the best streak since 1976 that Kevin Love had and he has done it with his triple-double of the 25th season, something that only 4 players in NBA history had achieved before him. The caliber of the names gives an example of what has been achieved: Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, Nikola Jokic and Russell Westbrook. It’s still impressive that he didn’t go to All-Star seeing these records. And he only needed 5 shots to achieve it -11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists-. The Kings defeated the Sixers who continue to suffer hardships without Joel Embiid and are scheduled for one of the series of the season in the West. Kings vs Mavericks, Doncic vs Sabonis.
Domantas Sabonis signed his 2️⃣5️⃣ triple-double of the season tonight.
Players who reached this figure:
– Oscar Robertson
– Wilt Chamberlain
– Russell Westbrook
– Nikola Jokic— NBASpain (@NBAspain) March 26, 2024
Results of the night in the NBA
Charlotte Hornets 92 – Cleveland Cavaliers 115
Brooklyn Nets 96 – Toronto Raptors 88
Detroit Pistons 99 – New York Knicks 124
Boston Celtics 118 – Atlanta Hawks 120
Phoenix Suns 102 – San Antonio Spurs 104
Portland Trail Blazers 92 – Houston Rockets 110
Washington Wizards 107 – Chicago Bulls 105
Dallas Mavericks 115 – Utah Jazz 105
Memphis Grizzlies 103 – Denver Nuggets 128
Philadelphia 76ers 96 – Sacramento Kings 108
Indiana Pacers 133 – Los Angeles Clippers 116
THE REST OF THE DAY
DiVincenzo and the Knicks record
The NBA day has had a lot of success in the qualifying section although it has also reserved one of the most unexpected exhibitions of the season. Donte DiVincenzo, who was nothing more than a secondary rotation player for the Bucks or Warriors and ended up this summer with the Knicks, has broken the record for three-pointers scored by a New York player in the NBA. He went to the 11 triples out of 20 attempts to score 40 points and be the star of his team’s victory against the Pistons. He had already warned the night before by scoring 31 but the step ahead of him shows the great moment that the Knicks are experiencing, who are already fourth in the East. Without dependence on Brunson, with secondaries prepared to take that step forward and although they may lack a step to aspire to everything in the playoffs, they will put up a fight in the playoffs.
The surprises were fairly distributed between the East and the West. The Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks by 30 but saw how they turned the game around and they ended up losing 118 to 120. It is a defeat without major significance since the Celtics are mathematically first in the East although it is surprising to see a comeback of this caliber seeing the level that the greens are showing. The feelings with the Suns and, above all, the Clippers are worse.. The former were unable to defeat the San Antonio Spurs whom they had already defeated 48 hours earlier and who arrived without Wembanyama. Booker’s 36 points were worthless and they are already 7th in the West. And be careful with the Clippers if their results do not improve. They have already lost position with the Pelicans and have the Kings and Mavericks only 2 wins away. They have won only 4 of the last 10, losing last night by 17 against the Pacers already with their fantastic four – Harden, George, Westbrook and Leonard – in the fray.
The day was completed by the Nuggets’ victory against the Grizzlies with 29 points and 11 rebounds from Nikola Jokic, the victory of the Rockets against Portland, putting even more pressure on the Warriors in this final stretch of the season to try to be in the playin and the victory of the Cavaliers against the Hornets with 6 players scoring 10 or more points. The Nets also beat the Raptors although in Brooklyn they have almost no chance of aspiring to the play-in and the Wizards surprised the Bulls at home in Washington’s 14th victory this season. It seems that Detroit will finally be the worst team of the season in the NBA.
2024-03-26 07:42:22
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